Officer Chris Cortijo

AP Photo/LAPD This undated image provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows Officer Chris Cortijo who died April 9 from injuries after being struck by an impaired driver. Cortijo, 51, died at a hospital where he had remained in critical condition since the accident on April 5.

TROY HARVEY/THE STAR Motorcycle officers lead a procession in Thousand Oaks for fallen LAPD Officer Chris Cortijo on Monday morning. He formerly lived in Simi Valley, where the procession started and where some of his family still resides.

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TROY HARVEY/THE STAR Law enforcement officers salute a van full of family members of fallen LAPD Officer Chris Cortijo during a procession Monday afternoon.